{"product_id":"dream-catchers-how-mainstream-america-discovered-native-spirituality-paperback","title":"Dream Catchers: How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Jenkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn books such as \u003cem\u003eMystics and Messiahs, Hidden Gospels\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Next Christendom\u003c\/em\u003e, Philip Jenkins has established himself as a leading commentator on religion and society. Now, in \u003cem\u003eDream Catchers\u003c\/em\u003e, Jenkins offers a brilliant account of the changing mainstream attitudes towards Native American spirituality, once seen as degraded spectacle, now hailed as New Age salvation.\u003cbr\u003eJenkins charts this remarkable change by highlighting the complex history of white American attitudes towards Native religions, considering everything from the 19th-century American obsession with \"Hebrew Indians\" and Lost Tribes, to the early 20th-century cult of the Maya as bearers of the wisdom of ancient Atlantis. He looks at the popularity of the Carlos Castaneda books, the writings of Lynn Andrews and Frank Waters, and explores New Age paraphernalia including dream-catchers, crystals, medicine bags, and Native-themed Tarot cards. He also examines the controversial New Age appropriation of Native sacred places and notes that many \"white indians\" see mainstream society as religiously empty. An engrossing account of our changing attitudes towards Native spirituality, \u003cem\u003eDream Catchers\u003c\/em\u003e offers a fascinating introduction to one of the more interesting aspects of contemporary American religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Jenkins\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the world's leading religion scholars joined Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion as Distinguished Professor of History and Co-Director for the Program on Historical Studies of Religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.8 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52610360770867,"sku":"9780195189100","price":70.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YjZXRTVaMEpzYy92NUZZL1I0VjN1QT09.webp?v=1761825219","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/dream-catchers-how-mainstream-america-discovered-native-spirituality-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}